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OVERTASK
Definition of OVERTASK
verb
To task too heavily; to give someone or something too many tasks; to overburden.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From over- + task.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, OVERTASK · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OVERTASK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OVERTASK starts with O and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AEKORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OVERTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found OVERTASK?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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